With so many people moving to the Sunshine State every year, your city might start to feel a little crowded. If you’re looking for a more relaxed place where you can live life at a slower pace, consider checking out one of these tiny towns:
- Cedar Key
Flickr/BowtieDSF Cedar Key is famous for its clams and Old Florida style. Once you visit here, you’ll never want to leave.
- Micanopy
Flickr/Steven Martin This town near Gainesville is a beloved treasure trove of antiques. Enjoy life at a slower pace on the streets lined with shady oaks and historic buildings.
- Lake Placid
Flickr/Richard Elzey Lake Placid is known for the lovely murals that grace its historic downtown district, along with being the Caladium Capital of the World. You can relax in this small town of fewer than 2,000 people.
- Apalachicola
Flickr/Judy Baxter This little town in Northwest Florida is famous for its huge, delicious oysters. A visit to this authentic fishing village is like walking back in time.
- San Antonio
Flickr/Richard Elzey This Pasco County town has only around 1,000 residents. It was founded as a Catholic community in the 1800s, and now it’s home to an annual Rattlesnake Festival that’s lots of fun.
- Chipley
Flickr/Olin Gilbert Not only is this sleepy little town of fewer than 4,000 residents adorable, its home to two of Florida’s unique attractions: Falling Waters State Park and the Seacrest Wolf Preserve.
- White Springs
Wikimedia Commons White Springs is a town of around 800 in northeast Florida. This town on the Suwanee River has a great historic district and remains of a bath house that was Florida’s first tourist attraction. There’s also Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park, which is especially popular in May during the Florida Folk Festival.
- DeFuniak Springs
Flickr/JR P This panhandle town is known for its historic buildings and quaint Victorian homes.
- McIntosh
Wikimedia Commons This small town of fewer than 500 people between Gainesville and Ocala has a lovely historic district. Keep history alive and visit their 1890s festival on October 24th.
- Crescent City
Wikimedia Commons This tiny town sits between two lakes in Putnam County. The annual catfish festival, held every April, draws visitors from all over the state.
Do you live in (or visit) any of these towns? What’s your favorite tiny town in Florida?
Flickr/BowtieDSF
Cedar Key is famous for its clams and Old Florida style. Once you visit here, you’ll never want to leave.
Flickr/Steven Martin
This town near Gainesville is a beloved treasure trove of antiques. Enjoy life at a slower pace on the streets lined with shady oaks and historic buildings.
Flickr/Richard Elzey
Lake Placid is known for the lovely murals that grace its historic downtown district, along with being the Caladium Capital of the World. You can relax in this small town of fewer than 2,000 people.
Flickr/Judy Baxter
This little town in Northwest Florida is famous for its huge, delicious oysters. A visit to this authentic fishing village is like walking back in time.
This Pasco County town has only around 1,000 residents. It was founded as a Catholic community in the 1800s, and now it’s home to an annual Rattlesnake Festival that’s lots of fun.
Flickr/Olin Gilbert
Not only is this sleepy little town of fewer than 4,000 residents adorable, its home to two of Florida’s unique attractions: Falling Waters State Park and the Seacrest Wolf Preserve.
Wikimedia Commons
White Springs is a town of around 800 in northeast Florida. This town on the Suwanee River has a great historic district and remains of a bath house that was Florida’s first tourist attraction. There’s also Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park, which is especially popular in May during the Florida Folk Festival.
Flickr/JR P
This panhandle town is known for its historic buildings and quaint Victorian homes.
This small town of fewer than 500 people between Gainesville and Ocala has a lovely historic district. Keep history alive and visit their 1890s festival on October 24th.
This tiny town sits between two lakes in Putnam County. The annual catfish festival, held every April, draws visitors from all over the state.
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